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CBN NewsWatch: March 5, 2015

On CBN Newswatch, March 5: Millions of Americans brace for 'winter's last stand'; Hillary Clinton's State Dept. e-mail scandal deepens; US envoy 'stable' after knife attack in S. Korea; and more. Read Transcript


THANKS SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US FOR CBN

"NEWSWATCH."

I'M EFREM GRAHAM.

AND I'M CAITLIN BURKE.

THE NEXT BIG WINTER SWEPT

FROM TEXAS TO NEW YORK,

CAUSING AIRLINES TO CANCEL

THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS.

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FACE

MORE SNOW, ALONG WITH

FLOODING AND FREEZING

RAINS.

BUT METEOROLOGISTS SAY THIS

STORM COULD BE WINTERS LAST

STAND.

IT HAS BEEN A RECORD BOOK

FOR WINTERS IN THE EAST.

IN BOSTON, THEY BROKE THE

ALL TIME RECORD, WHICH IS

107.9 INCHES.

AND ALL OF THAT SNOW IS

HAVING AN IMPACT.

IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, THE

MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY RECEIVED

ROOF FAILURES.

THIS COLLAPSED GARAGE

TRAPPED FOUR CARS IN SPENCER

PORT, NEW YORK, WHERE TIM

THOMAS IS WORKING SEVEN DAYS

A WEEK TO CLEAR ROOFS.

I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 40

YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN

THIS BUSY.

Reporter: AT LEAST 24

STATES, FROM TEXAS TO

MASSACHUSETTS, ARE UNDER

WINTER WEATHER ALERTS.

THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE

BEEN CANCELLED, AND THERE

HAVE BEEN LONG DELAYS.

A PASSENGER IN DALLAS TOOK

THESE PICTURES, SHOWING THE

ICE THAT LEFT HER PLANE

STRANDED ON THE TARMAC FOR

HOURS.

IT AMOUNTS TO DANGEROUS

CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS.

CHECK OUT THIS CAR IN

TEXAS.

IT HANGS OVER A BRIDGE.

THE DRIVER COUNTS ITS

BLESSINGS.

IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER

WAY THIS WOULD HAVE

HAPPENED, I MIGHT NOT BE

HERE.

I'M FEELING BLESSED.

Reporter: AT LEAST SIX

STATES BRACE FOR ANOTHER

SNOW EMERGENCY.

NEARLY A HALF MILLION

STUDENTS COULD BE AFFECTED

BY SCHOOL CLOSINGS ACROSS

THE COUNTRY.

THAT INCLUDES WASHINGTON,

D.C., WHERE THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CLOSED.

MARK MARTIN, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: HILLARY CLINTON

IS URGING THE STATE

DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE THE

E-MAILS FROM HER PRIVATE

ACCOUNT SHE USED WHEN SHE

WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.

CLINTON TWEETED LATE

WEDNESDAY, SAYING SHE WANTS

THE PUBLIC TO SEE HER

E-MAIL.

THE POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS

UNDER FIRE FOR RUNNING HER

OWN PRIVATE E-MAIL SERVER,

INSTEAD OF USING AN OFFICIAL

STATE DEPARTMENT E-MAIL

ACCOUNT.

EXPERTS SAY CLINTON'S

PRIVATE E-MAIL SYSTEM PUT

SENSITIVE DATA AT RISK.

THEY BELIEVE A FOREIGN

INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COULD

HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO

MATERIAL BY HACKING HER

SERVER.

NOW THE HOUSE COMMITTEE

INVESTIGATING THE TERROR

ATTACK IN

BENGHAZI ISSUED

SUBPOENAS FOR CLINTON'S

E-MAILSMENT.

E-MAILS.

YOU DO NOT NEED A LAW

DEGREE TO

UNDER HOW

TROUBLING THIS IS.

THERE ARE CHAIN OF CUSTODY

ISSUES.

THERE ARE PRESERVATION OF

MATERIALS AND DOCUMENTS

ISSUES.

ONE SHOULD

ALSO BE CONCERNED

ABOUT

THE NATIONAL SECURITY

IMPLICATIONS

OF FORMER

SECRETARY

CLINTON USING

EXCLUSIVELY PERSONAL

E-MAIL

ACCOUNTS

FOR THE CONDUCTING

OF OFFICIAL U.S. FOREIGN

POLICY.

Efrem: CLINTON'S E-MAIL

PRACTICES GAVE HER

SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OVER

WHAT SHE KEPT IN HER MESSAGE

ARCHIVES.

THE TAX SUBSIDIES

CONNECTED TO THE AFFORDABLE

CARE ACT APPEARS TO HINGE ON

TWO JUSTICES, JOHN ROBERTS

AND ANTHONY KENNEDY.

THEY ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE

IF THE LAW MAKES PEOPLE IN

ALL 50 STATES ELIGIBLE FOR

FEDERAL TAX SUBSIDIES TO CUT

THE COST OF INSURANCE

PREMIUMS.

Efrem: CBN NEWS SMOKE

WITH JORDAN SECULO, AND HOW

IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR HEALTH

CARE.

PEOPLE HAVE THEIR EYES

AND JUSTICE KENNEDY, AND

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS

SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE

WITH KIND OF SAVING THE LAW

FINDING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL

MANDATE WAS A TAX.

HE WAS BASICALLY QUIET

TODAY.

SO IT IS TOUGH TO GET HIS

READ.

JUSTICE KENNEDY HAD TOUGH

QUESTIONS FOR BOTH SIDES.

IT MAY SEEM KIND OF STRANGE

TO MOST PEOPLE, THAT THE LAW

SEEMS SO CLEAR, WHY IS THIS

EVEN AN ISSUE.

AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO

ARGUE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE

FULL SCOPE OF THE LAW, THE

INTENTION WAS TO ALLOW

PEOPLE TO PURCHASE ANY KIND

OF EXCHANGE AND THEY WOULD

WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A

SUBSIDY.

AND THEY KIND OF ADOPTED

THIS VIEW THEY COULDN'T

REALLY FORCE THE STATES INTO

THIS DECISION THROUGH THE

INCENTIVE PROCESS.

SO THEY TOOK A DIFFERENT

TACTIC, IF YOU WILL, THEN

THEY HAVE IN THE PAST FROM

DEFENDING THE LAW.

BUT IT DOES APPEAR THIS WILL

COME DOWN TO A SWING VOTE OR

TWO.

THE COURT COULD ULTIMATELY

SAY A QUICK CHANGE OF THE

WORDING AND EVERYTHING IS

FINE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, WE KNOW THIS

SHOULD BE A REAL BATTLE.

IN CONGRESS THEY HAVE

REPLACEMENTS READY-MARKED,

BUT THIS WOULD IMPACT

UPWARDS OF FIVE MILLION

PEOPLE.

AND LAWMAKERS ARE ALREADY

READY TO PROPOSE LEGISLATION

TO ACT SO THAT THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE ARE NOT INJURED.

BUT JUSTICE KENNEDY DID LOOK

AT THE LARGER RAMIFICATIONS,

AND IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN,

OF COURSE, THE RAMIFICATIONS

FOR PEOPLE AND THE INSURANCE

BUSINESSES, JUSTICE KAGAN

BROUGHT THAT UP.

Efrem: ST TO SEE MORE

OF THE INTERVIEW, YOU CAN

LOG ON TO CBNNEWS.COM.

THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND

PRESIDENT OBAMA OVER HOW TO

DEAL WITH THE IRAN, AND

NETANYAHU'S SPEECH TO

CONGRESS, CONTINUED THIS

WEEK AFTER THE ADDRESS.

OBAMA CHARGED THAT THE

ISRAELI LEADER DIDN'T GIVE

ANY VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO

THE INTERNATIONAL DEAL THAT

IS SUPPOSED TO STOP IRAN

FROM GETTING NUCLEAR

WEAPONS.

BUT NETANYAHU DISAGREES.

HE SAYS HE PRESENTED A

BETTER DEAL AND A PRACTICAL

ALTERNATIVE.

I PROPOSE IN WASHINGTON

PLACING TWO NEW PARAMETERS

ON ANY DEAL WITH IRAN.

FIRST, PLACE TOUGHER

RESTRICTIONS ON IRAN'S

NUCLEAR PROGRAMS, EXTENDING

ITS BREAK OUT TIME TO THE

BOMBING YEARS.

SECOND, I CALL FOR LIFTING

THOSE RESTRICTIONS ONLY WHEN

IRAN CEASES PROMOTING

TERRORISM AND ITS AGGRESSION

AGAINST ITS NEIGHBORS.

Reporter: MEANWHILE,

THE FIRST ISRAELI PO POLL

AFTER HE SPEECH SHOWS HE MAY

HAVE GAINED SLIGHTLY.

Efrem: 11 OIL FIELDS IN

THE COUNTRY ARE NOW CLOSED

DOWN AFTER A SERIOUS OF

ATTACKS BY THE ISLAMIC STATE

MILITANTS.

THE NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION

SAYS DESPITE PLEAS FOR

AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE SAFETY

OF LIBYA'S OIL

INSTALLATIONS, THEFT AND

DESTRUCTION OF THE OIL

FIELDS HAVE BEEN ON THE

RISE.

THE BOSTON MARATHON

BOMBING TRIAL IS UNDER WAY.

PROSECUTORS SHOWED

NEVER-SEEN BEFORE VIDEO OF

THE DEADLY BLAST, AND IMAGES

OF DESPERATE, LIFE-SAVING

ATTEMPTS.

SOME OF THE SURVIVORS TOOK

THE STAND, DESCRIBING THE

EVENTS THAT LEFT MORE THAN

260 INJURED AND KILLED THREE

OTHERS, I, INCLUDING

8-YEAR-OLD MARTIN RICHARD,

WHO IS STANDING JUST FEET

FROM WHERE THE SUSPECT IS

SEEN DROPPING A BACKPACK

CONTAINING ONE OF THE TWO

BOMBS.

DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV SAYS HE

WAS COERCED BY HIS OLDER

BROTHER, SOMETHING THEY HOPE

WILL KEEP HIM FROM THE DEATH

PENALTY.

GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF

EVIDENCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS,

I WOULD SUGGEST IT IS THE

ONLY STRATEGY.

Reporter: HE IS FACING

30 CHARGES, 17 OF WHICH

CARRY A POSSIBLE DEATH

SENTENCE.

Efrem: AMERICA'S

AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH KOREA IS

IN STABLE CONDITION

FOLLOWING A KNIFE ATTACK.

A MAN SHOUTED SOUTH AND

NORTH KOREA SHOULD BE

REUNION FIDIFIIFIED AS HE

CAME FROM BEHIND AND ATTACK

MARTIN.

POLICE ARRESTED THE

KNIFE-WIELDING ATTACKER.

A CANADIAN PASTOR HAS

BEEN MISSING IN NORTH KOREA

FOR MORE THAN A MONTH,

RAISING FEARS HE MAY HAVE

BEEN DETAINED.

A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE LIGHT

KOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

SAYS THE PASTOR TRAVELLED TO

NORTH KOREA ON

JANUARY 31st AS PART OF A

REGULAR HUMANITARIAN

MISSION, BUT NEITHER HIS

FAMILY NOR THE CHURCH HAVE

HEARD FROM HIM SINCE THEN.

A MINISTRY FRIEND TOLD THEM

THAT OFFICIALS INVITED LIN

TO PYEONGCHANG.

Efrem: THE GROUP IS

FROM BETHEL EVANGELICAL

CHURCH AND THAT WERE HANDING

OUT MEDICINE AT A CLINIC

WHEN THEY WERE SUDDENLY

SURROUNDED BY ARMED TROOPS.

THEY WERE TOLD THEY DIDN'T

HAVE PROPER WORK VISAS,

WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REQUIRED

IN THE 14 YEARS DURING THEIR

WORK IN VENEZUALA.

HUNDREDS OF VILLAGERS

SURROUNDED THE SOLDIERS,

VOWING TO PROTECT THE

MISSIONARIES.

WHEN THE VENEZUALA

MILITARY PULLED UP IN

NUMEROUS VEHICLES AND A

NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WITH

RIFLES CAME -- THEY ALL CAME

IN AND SURROUNDED US, AND

THEY CHALLENGE THE VENEZUALA

N MILITARY WITH THE GUNS,

AND THEY SAID, WE'RE

PROTECTING YOU AND WE'RE NOT

GOING TO LET THESE SOLDIERS

TAKE YOU.

IMAGINE THE COURAGE.

Efrem: THE MISSIONARIES

SAY THEY SURROUNDED SO NO

ONE WOULD GET HURT.

AND THE FOUR WERE HELD FOR

THREE DAYS WHILE THEY WERE

QUESTIONED, FINGERPRINTED

AND PHOTOGRAPHED.

VENEZUALA'S PRESIDENT

ACCUSED THEM OF BEING

SPIES.

DESPITE THEIR HORROWING

ORDEAL, THEY HOPE TO RETURN

TO VENEZUALA SOME DAY.

LIBERIA COULD BE

EBOLA-FREE IN 42 DAYS.

THE LAST PERSON INFECTED BY

THE VIRUS WAS RELEASED

TODAY.

THERE ARE NO OTHER CONFIRMED

CASES OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA.

THEY ENCOURAGED LIBERIANS TO

STAY COMMITTED TO THE

ANTI-EBOLA REGULATIONS.

THE OUTBREAK IN LIBERIA WAS

DISCOVERED A YEAR AGO.

SINCE THEN, NEARLY 10,000

DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

Efrem: COMING UP, THIS

BLACK METAL CONTRAPTION

COULD SAVE THE LIVES OF

CHILDREN IN INDIANA.

STICK AROUND.

WE'LL EXPLAINING HOW.

Efrem: A NEW BILL MEANS

INDIANA COULD SOON BE THE

FIRST STATE IN AMERICA TO

USE A TOOL THAT WOULD SAVE

THE LIVES OF UNWANTED

CHILDREN THROUGH THE USE OF

BABY BOXES.

THEY'RE METAL INCUBATORS

THAT WOULD ALLOW MOTHERS TO

SAFELY ABANDON THEIR BABIES

AT SAFE-HAVEN LOCATIONS

WITHOUT FACING LEGAL

CONSEQUENCES.

JOINING ME FROM FORT WAYNE,

INDIANA, TO EXPLAIN MORE

ABOUT THE BOXES IS THE

CREATOR OF THE SAFE BABY

BOX, MONICA KELSEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

HERE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE BABY

BOXES ARE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR

STATE?

STATISTICALLY, WE HAVE

HAD 13 BABIES SAFELY

RELINQUISHED UNDER THE SAFE

HAYHAVEN LAW.

HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL FINDING

BABIES THAT ARE BEING

ABANDONED IN WOODS AND

CREEKS, A FACTORY BATHROOM

HERE RECENTLY, AND IN THE

WOODS.

THE SAFE HAVEN LAW IS

WORKING, HOWEVER IT IS NOT

WORKING FOR ALL OF THESE

WOMEN.

WE FEEL THAT THE WOMEN WHO

NEED US DON'T WANT THE FACE

TO FACE INTERACTION.

AND THIS BOX TAKES THAT

FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION

AWAY.

Efrem: I CAN HEAR IN

YOUR VOICE YOUR PASSIONATE

ABOUT THIS.

WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE

ABOUT THIS?

MY BIRTH MOTHER WAS 17

YEARS OLD, AND SHE WAS

BRUTALLY ATTACKED AND RAPED,

LEFT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE

ROAD TO DAY.

THIS WAS BACK IN 1972 WHEN

ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL IN OUR

COUNTRY.

EVEN THOUGH ABORTION WAS

ILLEGAL, MY BIRTH MOTHER

SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE OF

BEING PREGNANT AND UNWED.

AND AT THE ADVICE OF HER

MOTHER, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN

A BACK ALLEY ABORTION CLINIC

IN OCTOBER OF 1972.

BUT MY BIRTH MOTHER WAS

STRONG ENOUGH TO SAY NO.

SHE GAVE BIRTH OUTSIDE, AND

ABANDONED ME AT A HOSPITAL

TWO HOURS AFTER I WAS BORN.

TODAY THESE GIRLS HAVE

PROTECTION UNDER THIS LAW

WHERE THEY CAN WALK INTO A

POLICE STATION OR HOSPITAL

AND RELINQUISH THEIR CHILD

IF THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT.

SO I'M HERE BECAUSE MY BIRTH

MOTHER WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO

DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND I THINK GIRLS WANT TO DO

THE RIGHT THING.

SOME OF THEM JUST DON'T WANT

THEIR FACES SEEN.

Efrem: ARE THERE ANY

OTHER THINGS THAT PROMPTED

YOU TO CREATE THIS SAFE

HAVEN BABY BOX

ORGANIZATION?

I WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA IN

2013, AND I SPEAK

INTERNATIONALLY AND

NATIONALLY TALKING ABOUT PRO

LIFE.

IN DECEMBER 2013, I HAD AN

OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE

ONLY CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA

TO HAVE A BABY BOX.

AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY

HOW MANY BABIES WERE SAVED

THERE.

AND SO I BROUGHT THAT BACK

TO AMERICA AND I SAID WE

HAVE TO BRING THIS TO

INDIANA.

AFTER WE DID THE STUDY AND

THE STATISTICS ON THIS BILL,

WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO

WORK HERE.

WE REALLY THINK THESE GIRLS

NEED THIS.

Efrem: WHAT IS NEXT FOR

THE LEGISLATION?

WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE?

IT PASSED THE HOUSE

UNANIMOUSLY, 94-0.

AND INDIANA WANTS TO BE THE

FRONT-RUNNER FOR THIS.

INDIANA VALUES LIFE.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY

THAT WE'RE SHOWING IT.

ONCE IT GETS THROUGH THE

SENATE, THEN IT WOULD BECOME

LAW.

AND THE BOXES WOULD BE LEGAL

IN JULY OF 2016.

Efrem: WHAT MESSAGE

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND TO

YOUNG WOMEN WHO MAY BE

WATCHING AND MAY BE

CONTEMPLATING ABANDONING

THEIR CHILDREN.

IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT

SITUATION FOR ANY MOTHER, TO

CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING

FOR HER CHILD THAT MIGHT BE

BREAKING HER HEART.

THE SAFE HAVEN LAW PROTECTS

THESE WOMEN.

WE SAY NO SHAME, NO BLAME,

AND NO NAME.

THAT'S THE EXISTING LAW.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES.

THE LAW IS ALREADY IN

PLACE.

THE BABY BOX IS JUST AN

EXTENSION OF THIS.

THIS IS A LAST-RESORT BOX.

WE STILL WANT THE FIRE

STATION AND POLICE STATIONS

AND HOSPITALS TO BE ABLE TO

HAVE THEM RELINQUISH THEIR

BABIES SAFELY, BUT IF THEY

CAN'T DO THAT, WE WANT TO

HAVE A BOX THAT GIVES THESE

WOMEN AN ALTERNATIVE.

Efrem: THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

HAVING US, AND FOR YOUR

SUPPORT.

UP NEXT, WHAT WOULD CAUSE

A C.O.O. TO LEAVE HIS JOB

AND GIVE HIS TRUCK TO A

STRANGER?

SEE HOW GOD GOT HIS

ATTENTION AND WHAT HAPPENED

NEXT, AFTER THIS.

Efrem: DESPITE WHAT YOU

MAY HEAR IN THE MEDIA,

AMERICA REMAINS A DEEPLY

RELIGIOUS COUNTRY.

ABOUT 80% OF ALL PEOPLE CALL

THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS.

BUT HOW MANY OF THEM LIVE

UP TO THAT CLAIM?

JOHN JESSUP INTRODUCES US TO

A MAN ON THE MISSION, TO

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY

WALK THE WALK, BUT TALK THE

TALK.

Reporter: MIKE PHILLIPS

IS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND

DAD, AND NOT LONG AGO, HE

WAS A SUCCESSFUL

BUSINESSMAN, A CHIEF

OPERATING OFFICER OF ONE OF

LOUISIANA'S FASTEST GROWING

HIGH-TECH FIRMS.

AND THEN HE TOOK A LEAP OF

FAITH.

GOD HAD ME GIVE MY TRUCK

AWAY TO A STRANGER IN A

DOUGHNUT STORE PARKING LOT.

I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH

LIFE, DURING THE BEST I

COULD, AND GOD JUST GOT

AHOLD OF MY HEART AND SAID,

I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT YOU

TO DO.

Reporter: WITH NO

INCOME, FINANCIAL SUPPORT,

OUR FORMAL BIBLE TRAINING,

HE LAUNCHED A MINISTRY

CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO FULLY

WALK WITH CHRIST.

A MISSION THAT TESTED HIS

OWN FAITH.

HE LET ME KNOW, YOU'RE

NOT ALL IN.

THERE IS AN AREA OF YOUR

LIFE YOU HAVE WITHHELD FROM

ME.

I WAS TRUSTING IN THE

PROVISION HE HAD GIVEN ME,

INSTEAD OF TRUSTING IN HIM

AS MY PROVIDER.

IT IS ONE THING TO BE THE

PERSON GOD GAVE HIS VISION

TO, AND IT IS ANOTHER THING

TO BE THAT PERSON'S SPOUSE.

NOW I KNOW WHAT IT REALLY

MEANS TO BE FAITHFUL.

Reporter: HIS WIFE SAID

THEY KNEW EARLY ON THEIR

LIVES WOULDN'T FOLLOW AN

ORDINARY TRACK.

EVEN ON THOSE TOUGH DAYS,

YOU THINK ABOUT WE KNEW WAY

BACK THEN THERE WAS

SOMETHING ELSE.

Reporter: MIKE CASHED

IN ALL OF HIS COMPANY STOCKS

TO FUND HIS CALLING, AND HE

EVEN GAVE AWAY HIS TRUCK TO

SOMEONE WHO NEEDED IT MORE,

ALL TO REFLECT HIS RENEWED

COMMITMENT.

HE BELIEVES IS AMERICA'S

230 MILLION SELF-IDENTIFIED

CHRISTIANS DID THEIR PART,

IT WOULD LEAD TO A NATIONAL

REVIVAL.

HE IS LAUNCHING HIS "ALL IN"

CAMPAIGN TO MOBILIZE

CHRISTIANS AROUND THE

COUNTRY TO SHOW THE LOVE OF

JESUS CHRIST TO OTHERS.

HE IS TYING IT TO A DATE ON

THE CALENDAR THAT HE

BELIEVES SHOWS THE ULTIMATE

EXAMPLE OF LOVE.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO

INTRODUCE THE COUNTRY TO AN

AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT

THAN BY CHALLENGING THEM ON

GOOD FRIDAY, THE DAY THAT

CHRIST SERVED US, TO SERVE

OTHERS AND LOVE OTHERS.

AND SO WE'RE JUST

CHALLENGING CHRISTIANS TO

GET UP THAT DAY AND TO FIND

SOMEONE TO LOVE AND TO

SERVE.

IT COULD BE BUYING A CUP OF

COFFEE.

IT COULD BE GOING AND

SEARCHING FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S

CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN ON THE

SIDE OF THE ROAD.

Reporter: HE SAYS THERE

IS NO ACT TOO BIG OR TOO

SMALL.

WHEN THEY'RE ASKED WHY,

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, WHY

ARE YOU SERVING, THE ANSWER

IS SIMPLE: BECAUSE I'M ALL

IN.

I'M AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN

AND I'M SERVING BECAUSE

JESUS CHRIST SERVED ME.

Reporter: HE DEVELOPED

AN APP SO CHRISTIANS CAN

SHARE WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND

KEEP TRACK OF THEIR

SERVICE.

SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN ATHLETES,

PERFORMERS AND GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS BACKED THE

CAMPAIGN.

SOMETIMES CHRISTIANS ARE

NOT KNOWN AS MUCH FOR WHAT

WE'RE FOR THAN WHAT WE'RE

AGAINST.

I THOUGHT, WHAT A GREAT WAY,

TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE,

UPLIFTING, THAT HELPS

PEOPLE, AND DOES SOMETHING

CHARITABLE AND KIND.

WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.

Reporter: MIKE'S MAIN

MESSAGE, AUTHENTIC

CHRISTIANITY, IS ABOUT

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN

PEOPLE'S LIVES.

WHEN YOU'RE FULLY

COMMITTED TO JESUS CHRIST.

CHRIST, HE CHANGES YOUR

HEART AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT

LOVE OTHERS.

IT BECOMES YOUR PURPOSE.

BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT GOING

ON.

WE SEE PEOPLE LIVING

SELFISHLY.

Reporter: AND CHURCH

LEADERS AGREE.

YOU LOOK AT THE DIVORCE

RATE, YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE

QUITTING THEIR JOBS,

DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL.

PEOPLE GIVE UP.

THEY'RE NOT LIVING ALL IN.

THEY'RE NOT FULLY COMMITTED

TO WHAT THEY DO.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY

COMMITTED, MANY ARE

COMMITTED TO THE WRONG

THINGS.

Reporter: MIKE BELIEVES

THIS "ALL IN" MOVEMENT WILL

CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION

ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.

IT WILL BE WHITE AND

BLACK AND OLD AND YOUNG AND

DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN,

AND WE'LL WE WON'T AGREE ON

EVERY ISSUE, BUT WE'RE HELD

TOGETHER BY A COMMON SET OF

VALUES AND A SINGLE PURPOSE,

AND THAT'S TO SHOW THE LOVE

OF GOD TO OTHER PEOPLE.

John: JOHN JESSUP, CBN

NEWS, NEW ORLEANS,

LOUISIANA.

Efrem: I APPLAUD THAT

EFFORT.

BEAUTIFUL.

DEFINITELY.

I'M SO HAPPY HE LISTENED TO

GOD AND IS SPREADING THAT

MESSAGE.

Efrem: STAY WITH US.

WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK.

Efrem: HE IS A FORMER

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE

UNITED STATES, AND SERVED AS

THE 50th GOVERNOR OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI AND A

FORMER SENATOR FROM THAT

STATE AS WELL.

ON TUESDAY, JOHN ASHCROFT

WAS HONORED FOR HIS 10th

ANNIVERSARY AS A

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT

REGENT UNIVERSITY.

Pat: I AM SO GRATEFUL

THAT AS HE RETIRED FROM THE

OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

HE GRACIOUSLY CONSENTED TO

COME AND BE A DISTINGUISHED

PROFESSOR AT REGENT

UNIVERSITY.

AS OUR DEAN HAS POINTED OUT,

WE HAD NO CONCEPTION, NOT

ONLY IS HE A GREAT

POLITICIAN, NOT ONLY IS A

SERVANT OF MISSOURI, NOT

ONLY CAN HE SING

COUNTRY-WESTERN MUSIC, BUT

HE IS A TREMENDOUS TEACHER

AND HIS STUDENTS LOVE HIM.

SO GREAT TO SEE SUCH A

HIGH-PROFILE PUBLIC SERVANT

ON THE FACULTY OF REGENT

UNIVERSITY.

THAT'S U IT FOR "NEWSWATCH"

TODAY.

Efrem: WE'D LIKE TO

HEAR ABOUT THE STORIES

YOU'VE SEEN HER TODAY.

YOU CAN DO IT AT Facebook

OR AT CBN NEWS AT TWITTER.

HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US HERE

NEXT TIME.

IT IS THURSDAY, MAKE IT A

THANKFUL ONE.

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